BAFTA Rising Star Award
The Rising Star award ( Eng.: " Aufgehender Star Award "; Since 2013 officially EE Rising Star Award, 2011-2012 Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award, formerly Orange Rising Star Award ) is the only audience award, as part of the British Academy film Awards ( BAFTA Awards) will be given. The 2006 by the telecommunications company Orange sponsored award is in memory of the British casting director Mary Selway ( 1936-2004 ) awarded to international young performers. It replaced the previously ausgelobten Orange Audience Award for best film of the past theatrical year. Already from 1953 to 1985 was one such category (Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Movie Roles and Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film ) awarded at the BAFTA Awards. Since 2013, the Orange - sister company EE acts as a sponsor.
Nominated actors are already several years in the film business works in general, between 18 and 32 years old and known to the British film audience. Only in exceptional cases, the Rising Star Award will be awarded to a film debutants. The award of child actors is not provided.
Performer will propose by BAFTA members and representatives of the film industry. The actors should have occurred already in several films, of which at least one in the previous calendar year or prior to the BAFTA Awards ( January / February) was published. The names were collected in the past on a so-called " long-list " and reduced by a jury in a secret ballot to five -nominated actor. The jury consists of up to 13 members per year - actors, casting directors, film producers, media representatives, BAFTA film committee members and usually the particular last year's winners. About the nominated actors who will be announced before the regular Film Award nominations, agrees the public via Internet voting ( formerly SMS ) from. The nominee with the most votes will be the Rising Star Award, a specially made BAFTA mask honored at the BAFTA Awards.
At the awards ceremony in 2011, the voting system was changed at short notice. Proposal was open to actors who were seen during the past calendar year in an article published in the UK feature film. The jury (eg consisting of Tom Ford, Peter Sarsgaard, Natasha McElhone and Mike Newell, chaired by the film producer Finola Dwyer ) selected in advance of eight actors who were reduced in a public vote by the customers of the mobile payment service Orange Wednesday to five nominees was then matched the public arena. 2012 were listed on the longlist of ten performers.
Have been most awarded British Newcomer ( four wins ), followed by their counterparts from the United States ( two ) and France ( one win ). 2009 competed the German - Irish actor Michael Fassbender for the award.
Winners and nominees
2006
James McAvoy ( United Kingdom )
2007
Eva Green (France)
2008
Shia LaBeouf (USA)
2009
Noel Clarke ( UK )
2010
Kristen Stewart ( USA)
2011
Tom Hardy ( UK )
2012
Adam Deacon ( UK )
2013
Juno Temple ( United Kingdom )